🔎 UNIDENTIFIED Copper Tag

[Denton Clinton]

I found this tag at an 1890’s house in Gainesville, TX. It appears to say “SM Co” in script writing. Across the bottom it says “PATENTED JAN 13 85” and it has a hole at the top. It’s made of thin copper or brass. Can anyone give me more info about this tag?

 

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[Red-Coat]

It’s the sliding top from an ink bottle. Sanford Manufacturing Company of Chicago:

PAT.1885 SMCo (SANFORD MFG CO CHICAGO) HOBNAIL INK BOTTLE W/BRASS SLIDING TOP | #1928618002

An 1885 dated unique shape ink bottle with scarce original sliding brass top! The original brass lid is emb PATENTED JAN.13 85 SMCo (which is the trade mark monogram used by Sanford Mfg Co of Chicago,

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[invent4hir]

I found this tag at an 1890’s house in Gainesville, TX. It appears to say “SM Co” in script writing. Across the bottom it says “PATENTED JAN 13 85” and it has a hole at the top. It’s made of thin copper or brass. Can anyone give me more info about this tag?View attachment 2208690

Denton, welcome to TNet. That is such a neat find - great that it has so much info to help ID it. Kudos to Red-Coat for doing just that. Amazing!